Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ireland will not hit 100,000 weekly coronavirus testing goal until mid-May
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland has failed to reach its target to carry out 100,000 coronavirus tests per week and will not meet it until the week of May 18, three weeks later than planned, a senior health...
Apr 28, 2020
COVID-19 testing for anyone draws a crowd in hard-hit Detroit
By Rebecca Cook DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit residents waited for hours on Tuesday to get free COVID-19 tests at a new facility that for the first time offered testing to people who did not already hav...
Apr 28, 2020
UK regulator ends probe of ex-Barclays banker Roger Jenkins: lawyer
By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has closed a civil inquiry into former Barclays executive Roger Jenkins over how the bank secured billions of pounds of...
Apr 28, 2020
South African state airline SA Express faces liquidation
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African court placed state-owned SA Express under "provisional liquidation" on Tuesday after the airline's administrators said rescue efforts weren't likely to succeed...
Apr 28, 2020
Over $52 billion in small business relief loans approved by midday Tuesday: SBA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Small Business Administration reported Tuesday that it had approved over $52 billion in small business relief loans in roughly a day and a half since the program restar...
Apr 28, 2020
Report: MLB could resume by July 4
Major League Baseball could hold a rescheduled Opening Day between mid-June and July 4 and play at least 80 games this season, The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal reported Tuesday. The regular season could c...
Apr 28, 2020
Warren, Ocasio-Cortez want to stop many company mergers during coronavirus pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two of the most popular Democrats, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, said on Tuesday they would introduce legislation to stop many mergers wh...
Apr 28, 2020
Huawei, InterDigital enter licensing pact, end patent litigation; InterDigital surges
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - InterDigital Inc, a developer of digital mobile and video technology, said on Tuesday it has entered a worldwide patent licensing agreement with China's Huawei Technolo...
Apr 28, 2020
As virus ravages Detroit, rural Michigan chafes at heavy job losses
By Jason Lange and Michael Martina DETROIT (Reuters) - For Amy Schuch, who co-owns a tree-removal business in rural Michigan, social distancing was part of the job long before the coronavirus pandemic...
Apr 28, 2020
Czech parliament approves state of emergency until May 17, shorter than government sought
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The lower house of the Czech parliament on Tuesday extended until May 17 the state of emergency that underpins the government's main measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus, ...
Apr 28, 2020
